PinnedUpdated June 13, 2025, 7:55 p.m. ETWith a surge of demonstrations against the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration expected on Saturday, the authorities in Los Angeles said they are bracing for a turnout that “may be unprecedented” in the city that has been epicenter of days of sustained protests.In a news conference on Friday, the city’s police chief, Jim McDonnell, said his agency was “fully prepared” and that officers would be focused on balancing a need to “protect public safety while safeguarding every individual’s right to protest peacefully.”As activists and law enforcement agencies across the country appeared to focus their energy on mobilizing on Saturday, Marines took over guard duty on Friday at a federal office building in Los Angeles. The step further entangled the U.S. military in the Trump administration’s response to protests over the deportation of immigrants.About 200 Marines had been deployed there to replace National Guard members, officials said. The National Guard troops would “transition to providing protection to federal law enforcement officers,” Maj. Gen. Scott M. Sherman, the commander of the National Guard troops and Marines dispatched to Los Angeles, said on Friday.One man was detained on Friday outside the office building. The man identified himself to reporters as Marcos Leao, 27, and said he was an Army veteran. He had tried to duck under yellow caution tape to reach the Veteran’s Affairs office in the building, he said, and was undisturbed by his brief detention.Protests on Friday appeared to be scattered and relatively muted in anticipation of demonstrations set to take place on Saturday, which could be the biggest day of activism since protests began last Friday in response to a raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Los Angeles.The protests, which organizers have called the “No Kings” demonstrations, are being planned in all 50 states. The collective action coincides with a military parade in Washington celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary and President Trump’s 79th birthday.In the news conference on Friday, law enforcement officials in Los Angeles explicitly affirmed the right to protest under the First Amendment, distinguishing between peaceful protesters and disruptive agitators. It was a contrast from President Trump, who had said anyone seeking to protest the military parade in Washington would be met with “very big force.”“It’s a good cause,” said Robert G. Luna, the Los Angeles County sheriff. “But we do not want violent agitators out there destroying property or committing acts of violence.”Here is what else to know:Newark unrest: Dozens of law enforcement officials entered a private immigration detention center in Newark on Thursday after reports of a disturbance inside. 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Read more ›June 13, 2025, 7:55 p.m. ETPolice officers responding to people protesting in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday.Credit...Mark Abramson for The New York TimesAn “unprecedented” number of people are expected to attend protests in Los Angeles on Saturday against President Trump and his administration immigration crackdown, the Los Angeles police chief said.The surge in demonstrators was expected on the same day as a planned military parade in Washington in honor of the Army’s 250th anniversary, which also coincides with Mr. Trump’s 79th birthday.“I think a lot of that will depend on social media activity promoting the event,” Chief Jim McDonnell said of the expected crowd at a Friday afternoon news conference. “That has been very high up to this point. We expect crowds that are maybe unprecedented.”Los Angeles, which has one of the largest populations of undocumented immigrants in the nation, has seen a week of protests sparked by workplace raids carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. The Trump administration has deployed the National Guard and Marines to help keep order in the streets, a move that critics say could serve as an accelerant for unrest.Chief McDonnell has been critical of the troop deployments, saying that their presence creates a “significant logistical and operational challenge” for local law enforcement. On Friday, he said that his department has had some contact with military officials. But he also called that communication “minimal.”The chief said that the current situation was also an “unprecedented” one, as the troop deployment had not been requested by local authorities. Normally, he said, “We’re working toward the same goals and aims, we have the same mission. In this case, we have different missions.”He added he was concerned about “the lack of communication, or minimal communication, and really not knowing what their role will be if certain situations evolve.”The chief said he was told that the role of federal troops was “to support and protect federal employees functions and facilities.”The protests planned for Saturday in and around Los Angeles are part of a national protest effort that organizers call “No Kings.” They are meant to criticize the Trump administration generally as overly authoritarian, but the immigration crackdown has been a chief concern. The Los Angeles protest is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. downtown, but many others are scheduled in other Southern California cities.The Los Angeles County sheriff, Robert G. Luna, said he was aware of 30 “No Kings” events scheduled to take place around the sprawling county.Both Marines and National Guard troops have made appearances in Los Angeles. On Thursday night, National Guard troops stationed near a Department of Veterans Affairs facility became a focus of protesters, who chanted for them to leave town.On Friday, an army veteran going to the Veterans Affairs office in the Wilshire Federal Building was briefly detained but released after trying to duck under the yellow caution tape strung along the perimeter of the grounds. Some 200 Marines were tasked with taking over duties at the federal building earlier in the day.Rachel Parsons contributed reporting.June 13, 2025, 7:48 p.m. ETNational Guard troops facing a protest against the detention of migrants by federal law enforcement in Los Angeles on Tuesday.Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York TimesIn 2020, as racial justice protests swept through the country over the murder of George Floyd, President Trump was itching to deploy the military to crush the unrest. He was talked out of it by his top national security advisers, who feared that such a decision would be viewed as moving toward martial law.Five years later, as protests against his immigration policies began to swell in Los Angeles, Mr. Trump said he had learned his lesson.“I’ll never do that again,” Mr. Trump said on Thursday, about waiting to send in the National Guard in 2020. “If I see problems brewing,” he added, “I’m not going to wait two weeks.”With the Los Angeles protests, Mr. Trump has seized the chance to make up for his first-term regret.His decision to send in federal troops right away, taking the extraordinary step of deploying active-duty military to deal with domestic unrest, fits into the larger pattern of Mr. Trump operating without any significant pushback from the people around him in his second term.“He saw the military as his reactionary arm,” said Olivia Troye, a former homeland security official and aide to former Vice President Mike Pence. Ms. Troye said she witnessed multiple national security officials explain to Mr. Trump in 2020 that the military takes an oath to the Constitution — not Mr. Trump — and that it should not be turned against American citizens, even protesters.“He took all the wrong lessons from that era,” Ms. Troye added. Mr. Trump’s aides are now “in lock step in giving him everything he wants.”President Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard troops to the protests in Los Angeles on Sunday.Credit...Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York TimesA demonstration in Los Angeles on Monday outside the Federal Building. Protests over Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown have continued each day this week.Credit...Mark Abramson for The New York TimesCalifornia has sued the Trump administration over sending in the National Guard, and the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, argued that the president was bringing the nation to the brink of authoritarianism.“Democracy is under assault right before our eyes — the moment we’ve feared has arrived,” he said.But unlike in 2020, warnings of undermining state and individual rights or inflaming an already volatile situation have not deterred Mr. Trump, who has sought to carry out his political agenda with little regard for the Constitution or the courts.That is not to say the federal response in 2020 was muted. Mr. Trump unleashed many federal agencies, including officers from Customs and Border Protection and the Bureau of Prisons, to suppress the protests then. Top Pentagon officials ordered National Guard helicopters to disperse protesters in the nation’s capital. The downward blast ripped signs from the sides of buildings and sent demonstrators scrambling for cover, only to find Bureau of Prisons agents marching toward them around the corner.Like California officials, local officials dealing with protests in Portland, Ore., in 2020 argued the agents only inflamed tensions on the ground. A federal review later found many of the officers lacked training in riot and crowd control.Still, the Trump administration has redoubled the militarized response, increasing the number of National Guard troops on the ground and sending hundreds of Marines in a second wave of deployments.A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s mobilization of the Guard in Los Angeles, but within hours, an appeals court stopped the order from taking effect until at least Tuesday, when a hearing on the matter is scheduled.The White House has argued that there is “overwhelming” public support for his agenda — one of his top campaign promises was to crack down on immigration and restore “law and order.” (Recent polls have shown Americans divided on Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown, with many disapproving of his handling of the protests.)The president was talked out of a military crackdown on protests in 2020, as large groups gathered to protest George Floyd’s killing, including on the National Mall in Washington. Credit...Michael A. McCoy for The New York TimesA protester held a sign honoring George Floyd near the entrance to Layette Park in Washington in June 2020. Earlier that month, protesters were cleared from the park for a photo op for Mr. Trump.Credit...Michael A. McCoy for The New York TimesThe military appears to be key to that goal.In his first term, Mr. Trump sent members of the military to the border, strictly to support the Border Patrol. But the military by law cannot usually detain migrants. Mr. Trump is allowing that now, however, by designating a roughly 200-mile strip along the U.S.-Mexico border as parts of nearby military bases.The Department of Homeland Security has also requested more than 20,000 National Guard members to help with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.“President Trump will not hesitate to protect the American people from threats, foreign and domestic,” Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, said in a statement. “President Trump has fine-tuned his ability to pull the levers of executive power, including relying on our brave men and women in uniform in select instances to protect Americans in the wake of Democrat failures.”While there have been incidents of vandalism and violence in Los Angeles, including episodes in which protesters have set self-driving cars on fire, thrown objects at law enforcement officials and looted stores, the protests have been limited to scattered blocks in the sprawling city. Many other people have gathered with signs and chanted slogans.In 2020 and now, the Trump administration has characterized the demonstrations as overwhelmingly violent.During the George Floyd protests, Mr. Trump had a proclamation drafted to invoke the Insurrection Act, a rarely used authority allowing presidents to use active-duty military for the purposes of law enforcement.When he grew more incensed by the images of protesters overwhelming the streets of major cities, he raged about the country looking “weak,” and even inquired about whether the military could shoot protesters in the legs.In a speech on Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California argued that the president was bringing the nation to the brink of authoritarianism.Credit...Yuri Avila/ReutersA U.S. Marine shook the hand of a California National Guard member near protests in Los Angeles on Friday.Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York TimesBut top national security officials, such as Mark A. Milley, who served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or Mark Esper, then the defense secretary, pushed back, and Mr. Trump acquiesced. Mr. Trump never invoked the act; an adviser said at the time that the president was concerned that he would have “owned the problem” politically.Those concerns are gone, along with the people trying to hold Mr. Trump back.Stephen Miller, one of his top advisers in 2020 who proposed using the military to turn back migrants at the southwestern border, is now the architect of his domestic agenda, particularly on immigration. And the president’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has become one of the fiercest champions of using the military in service of Mr. Trump’s policy goals.Chad Wolf, Mr. Trump’s former acting homeland security secretary, said Mr. Trump appeared to be done waiting for or solely relying on local authorities. And he now has people around him who are committed to turning his impulses into policy.Gatherers protested against racial inequality and the deployment of federal law enforcement in Portland, Ore., in 2020.Credit...Brandon Bell for The New York TimesA federal agent in Portland in 2020. Like California officials today, local officials dealing with protests in Portland five years ago argued the agents only inflamed tensions on the ground. Credit...David Ryder for The New York Times“I think it always has to do with the people around him,” Mr. Wolf said. “The president listens to his cabinet advisers, and he’s taking into consideration who he’s got around him today. And they share the president’s view as they do on a lot of these issues.”Civil rights and legal advocacy groups that have condemned Mr. Trump’s decision as an abuse of power and a threat to free speech also see a difference in his response.Demonstrators gathering at Federal Plaza to protest ICE raids in Chicago on Tuesday.Credit...Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York TimesChicago police officers faced off with protesters in Chicago on Tuesday.Credit...Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York TimesThey noted that Mr. Trump sees immigration as a winning issue, not just because of support for a crackdown on illegal immigration, but also because Black and brown communities are perceived to be easier targets.“Part of his approach is to label certain people as enemies,” said Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.“And he likely believes immigrants and people protesting ICE raids are less sympathetic than the people who protested police brutality after the murder of George Floyd,” he said, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ arrests of migrants.Mr. Trump’s response to the 2020 protests crystallized about a week after they began. His administration cleared protesters in Lafayette Square with chemical agents so that he could walk to a church with boarded-up windows, and stand in front of it to be photographed holding a Bible.A week after the Los Angeles protests, Mr. Trump will have a starkly different backdrop. On Saturday, as Mr. Trump celebrates the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army — and his own — tanks and artillery systems will parade through the streets of Washington.June 13, 2025, 7:38 p.m. ETThe “No Kings” demonstrations on Saturday are expected to be held all over the country.Credit...Jason Henry for The New York TimesThe Democratic Party chairman in Caldwell County, Texas, said he was told that local Democrats could not hand out anti-Trump literature at a town festival this weekend.The party chairman, Alfred Muñoz, said the warning came from Hoppy Haden, the Republican county judge who serves as the leader of Caldwell County.The annual festival celebrates the small town of Lockhart, the county seat. On Saturday, the festival will include a parade that coincides with a national “No Kings” day of protests against the Trump administration.Mr. Muñoz said Mr. Haden called him on Wednesday to tell him that no one would be allowed to hold “No Kings” signs or distribute related fliers during the festival, including at the parade.In an email on Thursday that Mr. Muñoz shared with The New York Times, Mr. Haden reiterated his stance: Anyone associated with the anti-Trump protests “are not to hand out literature,” during the festival.Mr. Haden added in the note to Mr. Muñoz: “I was crystal clear about that.”Mr. Muñoz said the judge also told him anyone seen with a sign would be arrested.“I kept telling him, ‘These are elderly people, and they’re going to be arrested?’” Mr. Muñoz recalled in an interview on Friday.Mr. Haden did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokeswoman for the city of Lockhart, Tatiana Salazar, said in a statement, “The city did not state that it would instruct police officers to arrest protesters for exercising their constitutionally protected rights.”Mr. Muñoz said the judge said he was “afraid that there was going to be problems” if the parade included people connected to the “No Kings” demonstrations that are being organized for Saturday around the country. Fifty-seven percent of Caldwell County voted for President Trump in 2024.Mr. Muñoz said the mayor of Lockhart also called wanting to make sure that there would not be any “No Kings” participation in the event. But the mayor did not mention arrests, Mr. Muñoz said.The warnings appeared to illustrate, at a very local level, the increasingly willingness of some public officials to try to block certain political speech amid the wave of protests that have spread across the country over immigration enforcement and other Trump administration policies.The Caldwell County Democratic Party has long had a float at the annual parade, part of a rodeo and festival put on by the local chamber of commerce. The Republican Party also has a float, Mr. Muñoz said, and has in the past distributed fliers with political messages, including opposition to abortion.Mr. Muñoz said the Democratic Party float had the theme this year of “We the People.” It would feature American and Texas flags along with Pride flags, and messages about the importance of Medicaid, National Public Radio and other government functions targeted for cuts, he said.Mr. Muñoz said he eventually reached a compromise with the judge that allowed for a “No Kings” protest later on Saturday in downtown Lockhart, hours after the parade had finished.June 13, 2025, 6:22 p.m. ETRachel ParsonsReporting from Los AngelesI’m with a group of reporters who just interviewed a man detained by the Marines deployed to protect the federal building in the Westwood section of Los Angeles. He identified himself as Marcos Leao, 27, and said he was an Army veteran. He tried to duck under yellow caution tape to reach the Veteran’s Affairs office in the building, he said, and was undisturbed by his brief detention. “They treated me very fairly.”Credit...Rachel Parsons for The New York TimesJune 13, 2025, 5:55 p.m. ETFact CheckLaw enforcement officers responding to people protesting against the detention of migrants by federal law enforcement in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday.Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York TimesThe protests in Los Angeles, entering their eighth day on Friday, have spurred President Trump to deploy National Guard troops to the city, an extraordinary move that he has justified with a number of dubious claims.The demonstrations against the president’s widening crackdown on immigration have led to clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement. But many of Mr. Trump’s claims follow a yearslong pattern of expressing skepticism and contempt toward protesters and are not rooted in fact. They seek to portray the protests as fraudulent, the deployment of troops as lauded and the city in need of liberation.Here’s a fact check.What Was Said“These people are agitators, they’re paid, they’re professionals, they’re insurrectionists, they’re troublemakers. They’re all of those things. But I believe they’re paid.”— at a bill signing on ThursdayThis lacks evidence. For years, Mr. Trump has accused those protesting his political candidacy and aims as “paid” and their demonstrations as inorganic. But he and his allies have provided scant evidence.Karoline Leavitt, the press secretary, on Wednesday cited Mr. Trump’s “common sense” and images of “very professionalized masks and rioting equipment” as proof of his claims. A day later, the interim U.S. attorney for the Central District of California announced that the F.B.I. had arrested a man for distributing face shields to “suspected rioters.” The complaint against the man, Alejandro Theodoro Orellana, accuses him of conspiracy to commit civil disorder, but does not name any group he is affiliated with or indicate that he was paying protesters.In an interview with Fox News, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, cited “ads put up on Craigslist offering people thousands of dollars a week to go out and conduct these violent and dangerous riots.” That appeared to be a reference to an ad posted on Craigslist on June 5 in the Los Angeles area looking for “THE TOUGHEST dudes in the area” and offering $6,500 to $12,500 a week in payment. As numerous news outlets have noted, a pair of pranksters who host a YouTube show called “Goofcon 1” had placed the ad, and in an episode a day later, they called people who responded.“I literally had no idea it was ever going to be connected to the riots,” one of the YouTube show hosts told The Associated Press. “It was a really weird coincidence.”People protesting in downtown L.A. outside the Federal Building on Monday.Credit...Sinna Nasseri for The New York TimesWhat Was Said“I can tell you that what we have — what we have is a situation in Los Angeles that was caused by gross incompetence. They didn’t have the police to handle it. The police were asking us to come in. They were very late. We had to go in to save a lot of ICE officers as you know, who were held up. They were holed up in a building and they were being attacked and the military went in, the National Guard went in and got them.”“In fact, the police chief said so much if you look at what his statements were, he said, we’re very lucky to have had that.”— at the Kennedy Center in Washington on WednesdayFalse. There is no public record of the local police requesting National Guard troops or Marines. In fact, the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department has repeatedly said that the agency did not need the deployment to help maintain peace and order. Mr. Trump also inaccurately described the sequence of events involving federal officers and the National Guard’s role in the protests so far.On Friday, June 6, demonstrators gathered outside a federal building in Los Angeles to protest immigration raids. Federal officers fired pepper balls at the crowds before local law enforcement arrived. Mr. Trump may have been referring to that incident when he claimed that immigration officers were “holed up in a building,” but at this point, the National Guard and military were not involved.That day, the acting director of ICE accused the L.A.P.D. of taking over two hours to respond, “despite being called multiple times.” The police department countered that local officers began dispersing the crowd within 55 minutes of receiving the call, arguing that traffic congestion, the decision by federal officers to deploy irritants and the lack of proactive coordination “created a hazardous environment” and delayed the response.Protesters gathered again the next day, as tensions escalated between protesters and law enforcement. Mr. Trump issued a memo that evening, sending at least 2,000 National Guard troops to the city. The Los Angeles Police Department released a statement about an hour later commending “all those who exercised their First Amendment rights responsibly” and noting that the protests in the city that day occurred peacefully and without incident.Law enforcement officials arriving in Compton on the evening of June 7.Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York TimesBut as protests continued into the early hours of Sunday, June 8, demonstrators clashed with the police and officers began using munitions to disperse the crowds. Mr. Trump posted on his social media platform at about 2:40 a.m. Eastern time thanking the National Guard for doing a “great job.” But the Guard had not yet arrived in Los Angeles. The Washington Post reported that members began arriving in the city at around 9 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday.At a news conference that day, Jim McDonnell, the chief of the L.A.P.D., said that the local authorities and the normal process for activating the National Guard had been bypassed. Asked whether the police needed the Guard’s presence, Mr. McDonnell said that he did not know enough about the Guard’s role and capabilities to answer and that although the police would have not requested the Guard initially, “looking at the violence tonight, I think we’ve got to make a reassessment.”Mr. McDonnell grew more emphatic throughout the week in pushing back against claims of a police need for the Guard and military.On Monday, June 9, as protests and clashes continued, Mr. McDonnell said in a statement that his agency had not yet received any formal notification about the deployment of Marines and that it would pose “a significant logistical and operational challenge.”In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, he again raised the typical protocol of first marshaling internal sources and then requesting help from other law enforcement partners in Southern California. “We’re at that level now, and we’re nowhere near a level where we would be reaching out to the governor, for National Guard, at this stage.”The police chief also pushed back on the notion that the National Guard was responsible for the relative calm since Sunday, telling CBS on Wednesday that members of the Guard “have a different mission” in supporting immigration enforcement operations while the police were responsible for maintaining the peace and “protecting the residents of Los Angeles.”“We don’t need the National Guard, and they’re not here to help us right now,” he said. “They’re here to help facilitate what the federal agencies are doing on the immigration front.”Demonstrators at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday.Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York TimesWhat Was Said“Within the span of a few decades, Los Angeles has gone from being one of the cleanest, safest and most beautiful cities on Earth to being a trash heap with entire neighborhoods under the control of transnational gangs and criminal networks.”— at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on TuesdayFalse. Crime in Los Angeles has declined since peaking in the 1990s and though gangs are active in several neighborhoods, their influence, overall, has also waned.A White House spokeswoman cited several local news reports about gang violence in the city.But historical data collected by the F.B.I. shows that the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office together reported more than 100,000 violent crime offenses a year and nearly 300,000 property crime offenses in the early 1990s. Those numbers have since declined by more than 50 percent to about 37,000 violent crimes and about 126,000 property crimes in 2023, even as the population in the county increased by more than a million people.Gang-specific crime, too, has declined. The county recorded about 700 to 800 gang-related homicides annually for much of the 1990s, compared with 180 in 2023. L.A.P.D. reported more than 11,000 gang-related crimes in 2005, compared with 1,300 in 2024.“There is also no evidence that ‘entire neighborhoods are under the control of transnational gangs,’” said Lidia Nuño, a criminology professor at Texas State University who has researched the gang MS-13 in Los Angeles.While there are hundreds of gangs and cliques in the Los Angeles area, there is no clear evidence of their transnational capacity, she said, noting that some like MS-13 are native to the United States and operate independently from their South and Central American counterparts.In a 2014 article, Sam Quinones, an expert on gangs and an independent journalist, detailed the retreat of gangs from public view across Southern California. Mr. Quinones said in an interview that in recent years, there had been a resurgence in gang graffiti — “though still nothing compared to the gang graffiti of the 1980s and early 1990s” — a rise in tent encampments, and the spread of fentanyl and methamphetamine.Still, “gangs do not wield the same public control they once did in Los Angeles,” he added.“Parks are free of their presence, for example,” he said. “It’s also true, as I said in the piece, that they haven’t gone away; they’re just not as public,” he noted, saying that gangs still exert significant influence in areas like Skid Row.Devlin Barrett contributed reporting.June 13, 2025, 5:45 p.m. ETThe news conference of law enforcement officials in Los Angeles has concluded. The comments were notable in directly affirming the right to protest under the First Amendment and distinguishing the difference between peaceful protesters and disruptive agitators, a contrast to President Trump’s statement earlier this week that anyone seeking to protest Saturday’s military parade in Washington would be met with “very big force.”The Los Angeles County sheriff, Robert G. Luna, said of the protesters expected on Saturday: “It’s a good cause, but we do not want violent agitators out there destroying property or committing acts of violence.”June 13, 2025, 5:36 p.m. ETThe Los Angeles County sheriff, Robert G. Luna, said in an afternoon news conference with other law enforcement officials that a combination of rocks, Molotov cocktails and “high-grade pyrotechnics” had injured at least 10 of his deputies.June 13, 2025, 5:27 p.m. ETChief McDonnell of the Los Angeles police said he could not put a number on how many people were expected to be protesting on Saturday but described the anticipated turnout as “maybe unprecedented.”June 13, 2025, 5:25 p.m. ETThe deputy commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, Ezery Beauchamp, said at an afternoon news conference that his agency was tracking more than 200 protests scheduled throughout the state on Saturday and had activated eight teams of specially trained officers.He said the agency was on tactical alert, which he said meant that “all days off are canceled for all C.H.P. officers, so that we can provide the highest level of safety and service to everyone here.”Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York TimesJune 13, 2025, 5:20 p.m. ETJim McDonnell, the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, said that the police welcomed legal protesting. “If you come to Los Angeles to exercise your rights peacefully, we’re here to protect that,” he said at a news conference. “But if you come to our city with the intent to commit crimes, damage property or harm others, including our officers, you will be arrested.”June 13, 2025, 5:19 p.m. ETThe Los Angeles chief of police, Jim McDonnell, said his department was “fully prepared” for demonstrations scheduled for Saturday. “We’re closely monitoring developments and deploying our personnel and resources strategically to protect public safety while safeguarding every individual’s right to protest peacefully,” he told an afternoon news conference.He said that an overnight curfew on part of the city’s downtown that was put in place starting on Tuesday had “played a key role in helping to restore order,” saying it had curbed “criminal activity that was largely occurring during the evening hours.”June 13, 2025, 5:07 p.m. ETIt’s been an extraordinary week in L.A. Around this time last Friday, protests quickly organized in downtown Los Angeles outside a clothing wholesaler that had been raided by immigration officials. Federal agents in tactical gear armed with military-style rifles threw flash-bang grenades to disperse a crowd. Since then, protests have spread across the country and continued daily in Los Angeles, where the mayor enacted a nightly curfew starting on Tuesday.Credit...Daniel Cole/ReutersJune 13, 2025, 5:00 p.m. ETRachel ParsonsReporting from Los AngelesThings remain quiet at the Wilshire Federal Building after the National Guard handed off to Marines, who are now stationed at entrances to the complex.June 13, 2025, 4:58 p.m. ETThe Marines at the Wilshire Federal Building, in a leafy, upscale of the Westwood neighborhood, are from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment.June 13, 2025, 4:37 p.m. ETA protester waving the Mexican flag near a self-driving Waymo taxi set on fire at a protest in Los Angeles on Sunday.Credit...Mark Abramson for The New York TimesPresident Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico on Friday said the appearance of the flag of Mexico at protests that had turned violent in the United States was a “provocation” that threatened to tarnish her country’s reputation.The Mexican flag has become a symbol of defiance in demonstrations against immigration raids while also a flashpoint among supporters of those policies. Ms. Sheinbaum has tried to balance her response to the protests by defending Mexican nationals while condemning violence, and this week denied an accusation by a top Trump official that she had encouraged violence.Ms. Sheinbaum on Friday broadly criticized images of disturbances on U.S. streets that featured the Mexican flag, without offering who she believed was responsible for flying her country’s banner. The images of protesters waving the flag, she said, “have all the appearance of being a provocation and of wanting to generate a certain image of Mexico.” Ms. Sheinbaum specifically referred to a widely circulated picture of a shirtless man waving Mexico’s green, white and red flag while atop a vandalized car in Los Angeles.“That does not mean that we are not outraged by the way Mexicans and other nationalities are being detained in the United States. We are against these raids,” she added. “But we must be very clear that these violent actions are a provocation. From whom? We do not know.”Ms. Sheinbaum’s remarks underscored how she is trying to balance Mexico’s relations with the United States as the countries negotiate tariffs and the Trump administration’s pushing of Mexico to do more against drug cartels.She has also underscored the detention of at least 61 Mexican nationals in Los Angeles, including some who have already been deported.In many cases, Ms. Sheinbaum said, the Mexican government believes that the detainees were denied due process and consulate officials have provided legal council.Earlier this week, Ms. Sheinbaum faced accusations from Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, of encouraging demonstrations in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, Ms. Noem told reporters: “Claudia Sheinbaum came out and encouraged more protests in L.A. and I condemn her for that.”“People are allowed to peacefully protest,” Ms. Noem added. “But the violence that we’re seeing is not acceptable, and it’s not going to happen in America.”Ms. Sheinbaum said on social media that the accusation was “absolutely false.” She noted that she had repeatedly condemned violent demonstrations, a point she repeated on Friday.“When you are against something, you have every right to demonstrate peacefully,” she said, and called on her fellow Mexicans to not join violent demonstrations. “Even more so if you are in the United States: you have to do it peacefully.”June 13, 2025, 4:02 p.m. ETRachel ParsonsReporting from Los AngelesCalifornia National Guard troops have handed off guard duties to the Marines at entrances to the Federal Building in Westwood.VideoCreditCredit...Rachel Parsons for The New York TimesJune 13, 2025, 3:45 p.m. ETPhilip CheungMarines are now visible at the Wilshire Federal Building, about 15 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. This is the first time any of the 700 Marines sent to the area during the recent unrest have been actively deployed; they are tasked with taking over the protection of the building from the National Guard.Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York TimesJune 13, 2025, 3:38 p.m. ETHospitals around the country, which early in President Trump’s current term lost protections against immigration-enforcement actions, have begun preparing for potential ICE raids. An internal memo that went out to staff at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego in California, for example, instructed employees who spot federal agents to “contact security immediately” and guide agents to “a private, non-patient area to minimize disruption.” It added: “Do not confirm or share any patient information.”Keck Medicine of USC also circulated a policy telling staff who encounter law enforcement to “request permission to photograph their government credentials” and to “take detailed notes on what is said and done.” According to the memo, employees are not supposed to physically block agents from private areas but should say aloud, “I do not consent to you entering.”June 13, 2025, 3:29 p.m. ETThe Texas state police said the State Capitol would close early on Saturday in anticipation of a “potentially large-scale planned protest” in Austin. A dozen people were arrested in Austin on Monday during protests near the Capitol, in which state police used tear gas and “pepper ball projectiles.”June 13, 2025, 3:19 p.m. ETThe overnight curfews in downtown Los Angeles, which began on Tuesday, have been a particular burden to the sizable contingent of restaurants in that part of town. One of downtown’s most prominent spots, Rossoblu, has come up with a hack: It is heading West. For the next few days, Rossoblu will be serving up its downtown menu at Superfine, a pizza restaurant in Playa Vista.June 13, 2025, 3:02 p.m. ETProtesters demonstrating outside Los Angeles City Hall on Thursday. Fewer marches and rallies were scheduled for Friday after a week of demonstrations that started in Los Angeles.Credit...Sinna Nasseri for The New York TimesFriday’s demonstrations were expected to be smaller as activists geared up for mass rallies that were planned long before Los Angeles erupted in protest over the administration’s immigration raids.The events on Saturday are being called the “No Kings” demonstrations, organizers said. They are meant to coincide with a military parade in Washington celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary and President Trump’s 79th birthday, though there will not be an event in Washington, organizers said.The marches are expected to be the largest demonstrations yet since protests began last Friday in response to a raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in downtown Los Angeles. Over the past week, activists have gathered in Chicago; New York City; Philadelphia; Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Portland, Ore.; and Seattle. More than a thousand people have been arrested.The demonstrations on Saturday are expected in all 50 states, in both small towns and large cities, as well as in England, Mexico and Germany. Organizers have described them as “a nationwide day of defiance.”With much of the focus on the weekend, Friday’s events around the country are expected to be quieter. Some will be full-fledged rallies, while others will focus on making signs for Saturday’s demonstrations.Here are some of the events happening on Friday.In Los Angeles, a coalition of organizers will kick off 30 days of nonviolent action at 11 a.m. Pacific time.Fiel Houston, an immigrant-rights group based in Texas, has planned a “Chant Down the Walls” protest starting at 7 p.m. Central time.In Lowell, Mass., about an hour north of Boston, there will be an “ICE Out” demonstration starting at 6 p.m.In Knoxville, Tenn., organizers have arranged an “ICE Out” rally beginning at 7 p.m.Protesters will gather to make signs for marches on Saturday in San Diego; Seattle; Jackson Hole, Wyo.; and Minneapolis, among other cities.June 13, 2025, 2:54 p.m. ETA Marine shaking the hand of a California National Guard soldier at the Wilshire building in Los Angeles on Friday.Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York TimesDays after touching down in Los Angeles, Marines started to take over some duties from National Guard troops on Friday at one of the city’s federal buildings, according to an Army general overseeing the military deployments.During a news conference on Friday, Maj. Gen. Scott M. Sherman said approximately 200 Marines had been deployed to the Wilshire Federal Building in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles to replace the National Guard members who had been on-site to guard the building in the afternoon. The National Guard troops would “transition to providing protection to federal law enforcement officers,” said General Sherman, who is the commander of Task Force 51, the group of some 4,700 National Guard soldiers and Marines dispatched to Los Angeles.The Marines will focus on protecting federal property, personnel and functions, General Sherman said. While there have been some forms of vandalism like graffiti at other federal buildings in downtown Los Angeles, the Wilshire building has not been vandalized or otherwise targeted by protesters.By 1 p.m. local time on Friday, armed Marines were visible patrolling around the outside of the Wilshire building.A day earlier, Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, was forcibly removed from the Wilshire building and handcuffed after interrupting a news conference by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary.In perhaps the clearest indication yet of the troops’ role during the protests, General Sherman emphasized that military personnel would “not participate in law enforcement activities.” He said that the troops have not made any arrests and have strictly held people away as “federal agents are doing their job.” Broadly, he said the troops’ mission remains limited to protecting federal property and personnel.General Sherman’s remarks came a day after an appeals court temporarily halted an order that would have blocked the Trump administration’s military deployment to the city against the wishes of the state’s leaders. The appeals court’s order means that the troops are allowed to stay in the city at least until Tuesday — including during the “No Kings” demonstrations planned against the Trump administration this weekend — when a hearing on the case is scheduled.June 13, 2025, 2:26 p.m. ETPresident Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico on Friday criticized the waving of Mexican flags at U.S. protests against immigration enforcement policies. The images of protesters waving the flag, particularly in “violent” scenes, she said, “have all the appearance of being a provocation and of wanting to generate a certain image of Mexico,” she said. The flag has become both a symbol of defiance among protesters and a threatening emblem in conservative circles.“We are against these raids, and we will always defend Mexicans,” Sheinbaum said. “But we must be very clear that these violent actions are a provocation. From whom? We do not know.”June 13, 2025, 1:45 p.m. ETRachel ParsonsReporting from Los AngelesNo Marines are visible yet at the Wilshire Federal Building, and the scene here, about 15 miles west of downtown, is quiet. National Guard troops are stationed at entrances and in the parking lot of the building, which provides passport services and Veterans Affairs benefits and has F.B.I. offices. There are no protesters.Credit...Rachel Parsons for The New York TimesJune 13, 2025, 1:44 p.m. ETThe tremors of political unrest that shook Los Angeles and several American cities this week have stirred a range of emotions in people — pride, disgust, fear, hope.In interviews with voters on Thursday, one sentiment that transcended political affiliation seemed to be uncertainty.Some of President Trump’s voters said they did not support what they were seeing now: a show of force that exceeds his electoral mandate. Some of those who did not support Mr. Trump were not sure that they liked what they were seeing either. They expressed pride in the throngs of demonstrators marching peacefully against deportation policies that they see as cruel and indecent. But at the same time, those voters said the violent incidents that have accompanied some of the protests were counterproductive and shameful.— Jeremy W. Peters‘I’m proud of L.A.’Annabelle Collins, 36, Mercedes, TexasCredit...Annabelle CollinsDuring the presidential campaign last year, Annabelle Collins was torn.In her day job, she helps families at a school district program for migrants, who often move seasonally for agriculture jobs. Many of those families have become fearful of the Trump administration’s raids, and she saw how they were still traumatized from what they suffered in their home countries. Recently, she helped organize a free clothing drive for children at a department store, but many people were afraid to come out.At the same time, though, her husband is a border parol agent, and his stories have led her to believe that illegal border crossings need to be tamped down.She ended up voting for Kamala Harris, she said.When Mr. Trump was elected, she thought his administration would target only unauthorized immigrants with criminal backgrounds, but now, she said, she believes that ICE is focusing on Latinos more generally.“I’m proud of L.A.,” she said of the protests.Ms. Collins said she doesn’t like to see violence at the demonstrations. “But sometimes it’s like, is that what we need to make a statement or to have people listen?” she said. “I don’t know, and I do struggle with that. There is a lot of passion behind these protests, because people are tired. I would love for it to be peaceful and to make an impact, but will it?”— Christina Morales‘If you are here illegally, the government has the right to go after you.’Edward Padron, 67, Brownsville, TexasCredit...Edward PadronEdward Padron, a locksmith who left the Democratic Party as a young man, said the images of ICE agents arresting immigrants at workplaces may appear “harsh.” But he said the arrests are the right thing to do to protect the nation’s legal system.“They are enforcing the law,” Mr. Padron said. “The laws have always been there — that if you are here illegally, the government has the right to go after you.”While he agrees with enforcing immigration laws, he said the government should have a program to replace workers in key industries, like construction and farming, who are being deported. He would like to see something like the Bracero Program, a World War II-era agreement that allowed Mexican citizens to work on American farms and in related jobs for a fixed period of time.“Somebody has to do those jobs, and Americans don’t want them,” he said.— Edgar SandovalTo protest ‘is our right.’Clifford Eugene, 74, Lacombe, La.Credit...Clifford EugeneAs Clifford Eugene watched protests ballooning in Los Angeles this week, he was reminded of the demonstrations and sit-ins he witnessed as a middle-school student in New Orleans during the Civil Rights Movement.To Mr. Eugene, a retired bank examiner for the Treasury Department, protests in various cities are part of an enduring tradition of civil disobedience in response to social injustices. “It is our most immediate way of disagreeing with government policy,” he said. “It is our right.”He said he thought Mr. Trump’s use of the military to quell demonstrations was “overkill,” intended to generate publicity, score points with his base, and distract attention from his feud with Elon Musk and the domestic policy bill.The military parade in Washington on Saturday — celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary and held on Mr. Trump’s 79th birthday — bothered him the most, he said. Mr. Eugene, who served for 12 years in the U.S. Navy, said the president had a long history of disparaging service members and veterans, and should not be allowed to use them as props.“This feels like a tactic used by dictators in Russia or North Korea,” he said.— Audra D. S. Burch‘How did you not see this coming?’Brian Kozlowski, 40, Orlando, Fla.Credit...Brian KozlowskiBrian D. Kozlowski, a lawyer who supports Mr. Trump, said on Thursday that the president responded appropriately to the protests in Los Angeles.“It was necessary, given the riots,” he said.“If you’re the governor of a state and you’re not cooperating with the law and federal agents, who are then getting attacked by citizens of the state,” he said, “then at that point, the federal government has every right to step in.”“I don’t know what world you live in where you think you can attack a law enforcement officer,” he added.The demonstrations in Los Angeles were generally peaceful, but there were pockets of violence, including protesters who kicked and threw objects at law enforcement vehicles, and officers have used tear gas.Mr. Kozlowski said it appeared to him that Gov. Gavin Newsom of California was playing politics with the protests, allowing them to continue without requesting help from the National Guard so that he could cast himself as a foil to Mr. Trump.“It certainly seems like there’s a lot of politically motivated decision-making taking place — or lack of decision-making,” he said.Mr. Kozlowski said Americans should not be surprised that the Trump administration was following through on aggressive immigration enforcement, since Mr. Trump promised during the election campaign to do so.“How did you not see this coming?” he asked.— Patricia Mazzei‘There’s always fear that comes with going to a protest.’Thien Doan, 36, Orange, Calif.Credit...Thien DoanThien Doan was born in the United States to parents who were refugees from Vietnam. He grew up surrounded by immigrants, some documented, some not. He’s worked with them in restaurants and attended their children’s quinceañeras.“Most of these people are not violent criminals,” he said. “They’ve welcomed me into their homes.”After a number of immigration raids in Southern California last week, Mr. Doan, a software engineer, felt the need to speak out. He headed to a protest on Sunday in Santa Ana, Calif.Unauthorized immigrants “need people there that understand,” he said, “and are willing to put themselves in front of harm’s way to protect them.”Mr. Doan, who voted for Kamala Harris last year, said he expected to continue to demonstrate against the federal crackdown as long as the immigration raids and deportations continue. But it would not be without some sense of trepidation.“There’s always fear that comes with going to a protest,” said Mr. Doan, who has attended other protests before. “You don’t know if you’re going to get injured, get arrested or whatever.“But I feel like, at the same time, if I don’t stand up now, I might regret it later down the line. And I don’t want to be that person that regrets not trying to help the people around me.”— Laurel Rosenhall‘I saw a lot of flags being run down the street by different countries. That was disturbing to me.’Naomi Villalba, 75, DallasCredit...Naomi VillalbaAs a Mexican American woman who received U.S. citizenship as a teenager, Naomi Villalba’s views on immigration have always been clear: She believes that people need to come into the country legally, and if they are undocumented, to work on getting their papers.Ms. Villalba likes Mr. Trump’s policies on immigration, and believes that all demonstrations would be more effective if they were peaceful.“I did see that there was chaos in that city,” she said, speaking of Los Angeles, “and I saw a lot of flags being run down the street by different countries. That was disturbing to me because they came in very ready to fight.”She said she was worried that the protests were beginning to emulate those in 2020, during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, which in some cases devolved into destructive riots.Ms. Villalba, who retired from a career at Southwest Airlines and now works part-time as a substitute teacher, thought that Mr. Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Los Angeles reflected lessons that the administration learned from 2020.“I think it’s quelling it somewhat” she said of the violence, “and I’m hoping that we will not be talking about this in another week or so.”— Christina Morales‘I thought we had gotten past a lot of our bigotry.’Erwin McKone, 55, of Flint, Mich.Credit...Erwin McKoneErwin McKone, who works in sales for an agribusiness company, describes himself as a centrist voter. He supported Mr. Trump last November mainly because he wanted tighter border controls. He had hoped federal agents would focus on deporting people who “are up to no good.”But Mr. McKone has been dismayed by the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants, which he called “indiscriminate” and “cruel.”And Mr. McKone said he thought the president deployed National Guard troops and Marines to handle protests in Los Angeles “just because people want to walk the streets and question policies.”Mr. McKone wants the president to increase the number of visas issued to temporary workers so they fill jobs that have historically drawn people to immigrate illegally.“We have played a role in this,” Mr. McKone said, adding that in the past, he had employed unauthorized immigrants. “We’ve allowed illegals in to work in our country for years.”“The way he’s doing things is appealing to the racist side of America,” he said. “I thought we had gotten past a lot of our bigotry and our racist tendencies.”— Ernesto LondoñoJune 13, 2025, 1:26 p.m. ETLaw enforcement officers outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Wednesday. The stadium will host the inaugural match of the Club World Cup soccer tournament on Saturday.Credit...Rebecca Blackwell/Associated PressThe presence of federal authorities at the opening match of the international Club World Cup soccer tournament on Saturday might not have drawn much notice in any other year. After all, local law enforcement officers routinely partner with federal agents for security at major American sporting events.This year is different.The inaugural match, between Egypt’s Al Ahly and Inter Miami at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., comes amid immigration enforcement raids, a travel ban and national protests against the Trump administration. All have led to fear in South Florida in the days leading up to the match that federal agents might ask soccer fans about their immigration status.Some of the confusion stems from a social media post by U.S. Customs and Border Protection that said officers would be “suited and booted, ready to provide security for the first round of games.” The post has since been deleted.In a statement, C.B.P. noted its involvement in security for major sporting events, including the Super Bowl. “Our mission remains unchanged,” it said.The agency’s duties have included enforcing temporary flight restrictions around stadiums and supporting security screenings for people entering venues. The agency has also helped plan for emergencies and catastrophic events.The role of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials at the match Saturday is unclear. ICE did not answer detailed questions from The New York Times about its role and whether its agents might also engage in immigration enforcement. It responded instead with the same statement provided by C.B.P.NBC Miami reported that ICE agents would be at the match to provide security, and The Miami Herald reported that ICE and other federal agents had assisted with security at past sporting events. Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz of Miami-Dade County, whose agency is leading security in coordination with the stadium, told CBS Miami that immigration enforcement “is not our priority that day.”The Club World Cup is a monthlong, billion-dollar tournament involving 32 club teams from around the world hosted by FIFA, international soccer’s governing body. The tournament is a precursor for next summer’s World Cup, the most-watched event in sports, which will be played mostly in the United States, with Canada and Mexico also hosting. Thousands of seats for Club World Cup matches remain unsold, which FIFA officials have attributed in part to fan concerns about their visa status, The Times reported.Security has been of particular concern at Hard Rock Stadium, which hosted the final last year of the Copa América, another international soccer tournament, not organized by FIFA. The final, between Argentina and Colombia, devolved into mayhem as fans rushed past security, climbing fences and pushing into metal barriers. Kickoff was delayed for more than an hour. Some ticket holders never made it inside the stadium. Police officers arrested more than two dozen people and evicted 55 others from the premises.Club World Cup organizers have said that there will be more security and stricter checkpoints at the stadium for their matches.Similar fears that fans will become targets of immigration enforcement have been raised ahead of a Gold Cup match on Saturday in Inglewood, Calif., between the national teams of Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Inglewood is southwest of downtown Los Angeles, where demonstrators have been protesting immigration enforcement efforts since last week. The match is expected to be attended mostly by fans of the Mexican national team.Leslie Reyes, an immigration lawyer based in Southern California, urged fans — especially those who are undocumented — to avoid the match. Over the past week, federal immigration agents have been spotted in Inglewood, which is home to a large Latino population.Pancho Villa’s Army, a large fan club of the Mexican national team, said it had canceled its planned events around the match on Saturday because of safety concerns. The Mexican national team also changed its hotel in Los Angeles because of safety concerns surrounding the protests, a team spokesman said Wednesday. The team typically stays in downtown Los Angeles when it is playing in the area, but moved 25 miles south to Long Beach instead.Jesus Jiménez contributed reporting from Los Angeles.June 13, 2025, 12:50 p.m. ETChristopher HippensteelMarines have been deployed to the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles and will take over protecting it later today, according to Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman of the U.S. Army. That building, currently protected by National Guard troops, is where Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference on Thursday.Credit...Patrick T. Fallon/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesJune 13, 2025, 12:29 p.m. ETBorder Patrol agents were seen conducting raids at farms in Ventura County, Calif., Friday morning, and at least one migrant worker was detained, according to Antonio De Loera-Brust, a spokesman for the United Farm Workers of America. On Thursday, President Trump acknowledged that his immigration policies were hurting the farming and hotel industries and signaled he would soon issue an “order” on the matter.June 13, 2025, 11:51 a.m. ETChristopher HippensteelDuring a news conference on the military response to the protests in Los Angeles, Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman broadly described troops’ mission as limited to protecting federal installations and federal personnel.June 13, 2025, 11:44 a.m. ETChristopher HippensteelMaj. Gen. Scott M. Sherman of the U.S. Army, who is heading up the deployment of military personnel to Los Angeles, said soldiers “will not participate in law enforcement activities” and that their focus is on “protecting federal law enforcement personnel.”He added that National Guard troops and Marines have not made any arrests during the protests and that the troops have strictly “used their civil disturbance equipment to really hold people away as the federal agents are doing their job.”June 13, 2025, 11:42 a.m. ETMembers of the California National Guard in downtown Los Angeles this week.Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York TimesCalifornia National Guard troops can remain in Los Angeles during protests this weekend after a federal appeals court paused a judicial order late Thursday that would have directed President Trump to relinquish control of the military force.In an extraordinary ruling earlier Thursday, Judge Charles Breyer of the Federal District Court in San Francisco held that Mr. Trump had illegally seized control of up to 4,000 National Guard troops and directed him to return them to the command of Gov. Gavin Newsom of California. The president had already deployed hundreds of Guard troops in the streets of Los Angeles to protect immigration agents and federal buildings from protesters.But the Trump administration immediately appealed the ruling and asked the appeals court in San Francisco to keep it from taking effect while the litigation continued. In a late-night brief, the Justice Department said Judge Breyer’s “second-guessing of the commander in chief’s military judgments is a gross violation of the separation of powers.”The case was assigned to a three-judge panel that consists of two appointees of Mr. Trump and one appointee of President Joseph R. Biden Jr. In a terse late-night order, the panel stayed the order by Judge Breyer, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, “pending further order,” which means the National Guard forces will stay subject to Mr. Trump’s control for now.It also set a swift briefing schedule and a hearing for noon Pacific time on Tuesday.Depending on how the panel eventually rules, either side could ask the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to rehear the matter or could file an emergency appeal directly to the Supreme Court, where Republican appointees hold a six-member supermajority.Lawyers for the state of California and Mr. Newsom filed their own brief opposing the federal government’s request for a stay shortly after the court had already granted it. The state argued that pausing Judge Breyer’s order would be “unnecessary and unwarranted in light of the district court’s extensive reasoning — in particular, its findings of irreparable harm to the state in the absence of injunctive relief.”In his 36-page ruling, Judge Breyer said the Trump administration’s seizure of the California National Guard violated required procedures in the federal statute Mr. Trump had cited as providing authority for him to take over the state’s forces. The statute said such an order must go “through” Mr. Newsom, but Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, bypassed the governor and sent his directive to a general who oversees the Guard.President Trump’s “actions were illegal — both exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,” Judge Breyer wrote. “He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the governor of the state of California forthwith.”The directive would have taken effect at noon Pacific time on Friday had the appeals court not stayed it.Judge Breyer’s ruling, which accused Mr. Trump of setting a “dangerous precedent for future domestic military activity,” was the latest in a series of judicial rebukes to Mr. Trump’s expansive claims of wartime or emergency powers over matters ranging from deporting people without due process to unilaterally imposing widespread tariffs. Court rulings blocking his actions have enraged the White House.The ruling on the National Guard went beyond what California had asked for. While the state’s lawsuit had contended that Mr. Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard was illegal, its specific motion was for a temporary restraining order limiting military forces under federal control to guarding federal buildings in the city and no other law enforcement tasks.Judge Breyer blocked Mr. Trump from using California’s National Guard at all. But he also rejected a request by the state and Mr. Newsom to restrain a separate group of active-duty Marines, which the administration has also mobilized to counter the protesters.Mr. Hegseth mobilized 700 Marines from a base in California to participate in suppressing protests, and the state had wanted the judge to restrict them from accompanying immigration agents on the workplace raids that sparked the protests. But the active-duty troops so far have merely been staged in a neighboring county and have not gone into the city.Judge Breyer said it would be inappropriate to issue any order restricting the Marines’ actions when they have not done anything that would violate the Posse Comitatus Act, which generally makes it illegal to use federal troops for law enforcement purposes on domestic soil. He said that the state would need to return to court within a week to try to turn his temporary order into a longer-lasting injunction, allowing time for events to develop.“As of now, the court only has counsel’s speculation of what might happen,” the judge wrote.Standing in front of the California flag at a news conference in the lobby of a state courthouse after the ruling on Thursday evening, Mr. Newsom hailed the decision.“Today was really about a test of democracy,” he said. “We passed the test.”Before the appeals court intervened, Mr. Newsom said that he had planned to direct National Guard members to resume the duties that they were carrying out before they were redirected by Mr. Trump, which included border control and forest management to reduce wildfire risk.The news media offices of the White House and the Justice Department did not respond to requests for comment.Judge Breyer had telegraphed his focus on the legality of the process by which Mr. Trump and Mr. Hegseth called up the National Guard at a hearing earlier on Thursday.At the hearing, the Justice Department lawyer, Brett Shumate, argued that Mr. Hegseth had complied with the National Guard call-up statute. But even if he hadn’t, Mr. Shumate said, Mr. Trump had the legal authority to order the National Guard into federal service anyway.Judge Breyer interrupted the Justice Department’s lawyer repeatedly and at one point waved a small copy of the Constitution in the air. Some of his pointed replies drew laughs from the packed courtroom of more than 100 people.When it came, his ruling was scathing.The state of California “and the citizens of Los Angeles face a greater harm from the continued unlawful militarization of their city, which not only inflames tensions with protesters, threatening increased hostilities and loss of life, but deprives the state for two months of its own use of thousands of National Guard members to fight fires, combat the fentanyl trade, and perform other critical functions,” he wrote.No president has deployed troops under federal control over the objections of a state governor since the Civil Rights era, when Southern governors were resisting court-ordered desegregation.Since being federalized and deployed, some National Guard troops have accompanied U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents on raids while others have primarily stood outside federal buildings in downtown Los Angeles during protests.The legal face-off comes amid escalating political tensions between the Trump administration and the California governor. After Mr. Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, threatened to arrest Mr. Newsom, Mr. Trump endorsed the idea on Monday, saying, “I’d do it.” In a televised speech on Tuesday, Mr. Newsom said that “democracy is under assault right before our eyes.”After the ruling, Mr. Newsom, forcefully rebuked the tactics that ICE agents have employed to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants, describing conversations with children who had been separated from their parents and family members whose relatives had suddenly disappeared without a trace.“That’s Donald Trump’s America,” he said, calling it “indiscriminate cruelty.”